Former Jamaican honorary consul to Atlanta, Jewel Scott, recently created history by becoming the first Caribbean national to be elected to the Superior Court of Clayton County in the southern US state of Georgia.
She is not only the first Caribbean national but also the first person of African descent to be elected to any Superior Court post in the entire state of Georgia.
Born in the central Jamaica parish of Manchester before living most of her formative years in Hopewell, Hanover, Scott is one of six children born to parents the Reverend Seymour Hanson and his wife Lurline.
With all the problems that Jamaica people think they have, we are a small nation but we are big all over the world,” Scott beamed.
With over 30 years of legal experience in the United States, Scott is credited with starting the first Deferred Prosecution Programme in Clayton County.
